Liminal

Transform your audio in a new way.

Liminal intelligently targets the loudest, quietest, and intermediate intensity transients of your audio so you can apply processing to them separately. The first Dynamic Threshold Processor of its kind - Liminal's suite of professional effects and intuitive routing matrix are equally suited to intense transformative sound design and precision creative problem solving in mixes. Explore totally new sonic possibilities with a smart workflow that lets you focus on the music.

Take Precise Control of Dynamic Performances

What if you could take total control of your drums with one plugin on the drum buss? Process snare rimshots and ghost notes separately? Easily balance a delicate piano performance without spending hours hand-editing the soul out of the performance? Carefully apply effects to specific vocal phrases based on their intensity for a new level of clarity? Liminal gives you the tools to be creative and solve problems in a single plugin even when processing complex mixed-source audio.

Transform Any Source Into Creative 'Synths'

Liminal's deep level of transient manipulation and powerful effects modules like Grain and Waveshaper let you completely transform a performance into something new and intriguing. Delicate string plucks take on complex synth textures. Any percussive source can create immersive pads and ambient rhythms. Whether you're crafting intricate sound designs for games/film or wanting to make your song stand out from the crowd, Liminal removes creative boundaries so you can bring the sound in your head into reality.

Flip Samples & Create Memorable Transitions

9+ professional effects in a single plugin with precision transient targeting means you can do more than ever without a massive signal chain. Transform loops into something totally original with Liminal's 3 transient lanes and intuitive effect slots. Modules like Repeater and Grain are some of the most effective ways to creatively manipulate samples. Create a glitchy, pitch-unstable version of your track, then automate Liminal's Mix control for exciting transitions. Creativity no longer has to come at the expense of your workflow.

Dedicated Transient Lane EQ

Every one of the 3 transient lanes has its own input EQ and a full 8-band output EQ. Input EQ lets you target your processing within a lane, such as removing low frequencies from the sidechain to process only the snare hits that are the same volume as kicks. The output EQ is a traditional EQ for the tone of each lane, with a low cut or shelf, six bell or notch bands, and a high cut or shelf, up to 24 dB of gain and cut slopes up to 96 dB per octave or brickwall, without taking up an effect slot. Alongside inter-band sidechain compression, you can dramatically rebalance your sound before touching Liminal's effects.

Send Every Lane to Its Own Track

Liminal 1.1 adds Liminal Instrument - MultiOut. Load it, route any track into its sidechain, and Liminal splits that audio into its three transient lanes and sends each one to its own output: the full mix, Lane 1, Lane 2 and Lane 3 before FX, and a dedicated FX bus. Put your favourite external plugins on each lane, print stems, or process parallel versions of the hits that matter without leaving your session.

Features

Intelligent Transient Targeting

• Liminal detects transient amplitude through your choice of percussive, sustain, or adaptive modes, making it a breeze to target & process your audio quickly. Additional deep editing of parameters like lookahead & sensitivity are available for precision control.

Intuitive Routing Matrix

• Each of the 3 transient lanes can be routed through 0, 1, 2, or all 3 FX slots. The FX can run in parallel or in series, all 3 lanes can be muted or soloed, & lanes can also be level adjusted for dramatic reshaping of your source audio. Complete with I/O level & mix controls.

9+ Professional Effects

• Bitcrush, delay, flanger (great for chorusing), grain, overdrive, pitch (with stereo detune), reverb, repeater, & waveshaper (extreme distortion) - in addition to dedicated EQ per-lane, sidechain compression, & even a latching Performance Mode.

Artist Presets

• Liminal comes with dozens of presets dialed by pros so you can find a good starting point for your personal productions. We've also made it easy to categorize your own presets, & you can even randomize all parameters to find some (admittedly, probably pretty weird) inspiration.

MultiOut Instrument (New in 1.1)

• Liminal Instrument - MultiOut takes its audio from a sidechain input and has five outputs: the full mix, Lane 1, Lane 2 and Lane 3 before FX, and the FX bus. Route each lane to its own channel for external processing, parallel mixing or stem printing. Available as AU and VST3.

AAX for Pro Tools (New in 1.1)

• Liminal now runs in Pro Tools alongside VST3 and AU. AAX is available for the standard Liminal plugin; the MultiOut instrument is AU and VST3 only.